A British soldier from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment has died after he was fatally wounded in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The serviceman was injured in a blast while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on Wednesday.

He was evacuated by helicopter to a military hospital in Camp Bastion and then flown back to Britain where he died with his family by his side.

In total, 360 UK military personnel have died since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001.